The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-03-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from VariOHs sOurOans
rERsoNAL AND PoLITICAL.

inside the cage, however.
The magnificent new brown stone build
ing for the use Of the medical department
IF Western Reserve University at Cleye-
land, o., was delicatel on the sth- The
structure cost $175, 90, and was built by
John L. Woods, the millionaire lumber
man. United States Senator Payne and
wife donated the site.
MIR. HENRY Z. HALL, United States Min
ster to Central America, informs the Sec
retary Of State that on February direct
communication was formally inaugurated
and opened between Guatemala and Mexi-
90 by the extension Of the Mexican land
lines at Guatemala This arrangement
places Mexico in close Communication with
Guatemala and the other Central Ameri-
can States.
GEORGE C. SicKLEs, fathov Of General
Daniel r. SicHles, died in New York on
the 9th.
OS the 9th thu funeral of Mrs Ruth
Rogers Harmon, grandmother of Mrs.
President Cleveland, was hell - Church
vile, n. Y, at IL a. m, Rev Dr. A. J. b Ar
rett. of Rochester,, officiating. The five
children OF Mrs. Harmon, including Mrs.
Oscar Folsom, of Washington, the mother
Of the Presidents wife, attended Mrs
Harmon was seventy-e ght years of age
THE New York Times says the control of
the Baltimore q Ohis road has passed into
the hands Of Alfred Sully, OF New York
nc report AttsNH conn 'llALlOl.
COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY DURHAM
has authorized the Cedar Rapids National
Bank Of Cedar Rapids, Ia, TO begin busi-
ness with a capital OF Sl00,O0l
ALL things needel TO convert Oakview
into home h3v. been sent there, and on
the 10th the President and Mrs. Cleveland
took up their abode at their country
seat. How long they will remain Il not
yet known. The President in the mean
time will drive in an out OF town nj orn-
ing and evening to anl from the White
House and attond Executive business as
usual
IT is said the vacant chaplainship in the
navy will be filled by the appointment Of
Rev. Father Clarence f. WOodman, OF
New York, who, in such an event, VIII be
the first Catholic chaplain ever appointed
in the navy
JUSTIN McCNRTHY has departed for Eu-
rope.
In making the Western Union quarterly
report, President Green recommends that
the dividend be passed.
OK the 9th Secretary Whitney had re-
ceived four designs for the proposed 5000
ton naval cruisers. Congress authorized
an award OF Si5, 900 to the designer whose
plans should be accepted, and it is under
stood that number of American and for
eign designers and constructors propose
to take part in the competition.
On the 9th Brigadier- General Greedy
received his commission as Chief Signal
Officer of the army, aud duly entered on
the duties of his rank. IL is not under
stood what caused the delay in issuing the
commission II, IN the War department.
The delay made considerable difference of
pay.
CAPTAIN JAMES b. EADs died on the sth
inst. at Nassau, New Providence, of pne6-
monia.
Mr.. GLADSTONE announces that he will
personally lead the opposition to coercion
in Parliament.
DAVID GRANT, of Cedar Rapids, Ia. had
a sale of Norman anl Clydosdale stations
on the 10th, the pric, averag n 9 500.
ARTHUR Brunswick. the m ess3nger boy
strike organizer OF New York came clear
on his trial for conspiracy on the 10th.
Judge Murray said some sharp things
about jay Gould in dismissing the case.
GENERAL NEWTON, Commissioner of
Public Works of New York City, is press
ing the matter Of street improveme nts
after the kind in London and Paris The
estimated cost is s., 5,000,OO.
CYRIL SEARI.E, a well-5nown actor, the
atrical manager and journalist, died at
Savannah, Ga, on the 10th, of consump-
ton. He had been there since October.
He leaves a widow (Rose Eytinge) and a
son.
Hon. NATHAN T. STRATToN, who was a
member OF the Thirty-second and Thirty
third Congresses from New Jersey, died
at Mullica Hill, N. J., on the night of the
9th, aged seventy three years.
THE Prince and Princess Of Wales have
intimated TO Mrs. James Brown Potter
their intention Of being present on tho
occasion OF her debut on the stage.
THE President will probably, within the
next few weeks, appoint new Minister
to Liberia, the Minister appointed to that
mission shortly after the beginning Of the
presidential term having died, and the
mission now being vacant.
FIRST COMPTROLLER DURHAM has decided
that the increase IN the amount appro
priated by tho last Congress from 500
600 to 100000 TO provide arms and
equipments for the mil itia does not be
come available until July 1 next, the be
ginning of the next fiscal year
CHRISTINE NILSSON has at last beer
married to Count Miranda, and 1t is re
ported that she will retire from the lyri,
stage.
Mr. WILKINSON, the military CORE
spond ent OF the Manchester Guardian, was
arrested recently at Cracow, Austrian
Galicia, as a Russian spy. He was re
leased after twelve hours Imprisonment
DIR. JuNKER, the African explorer, has
arrived az Munich IN good health
A PROPOSAL is being discussed to grant
annually 20 the President OF the German
Reichstag the sum Of 10000 or q, 600 mark,
for the purpose of promoting informal so
cial gatherings OF members OF all parties
THE Stanley expedition for the relief o
Emin Bey, which left Zanzibar a few
weeks ago, arrived at Cape Town on the
evening Of the 9th, and left on the 10th fol
the Congo river. Mr.. Stanley says he viii
get there by the Is, h inst. three days ear
her than he expected to. The men com
posing the expedition were all in fine con
dition. There had so far been neither
sickness nor desertion among them
F. G. WHIPPIE, city editor OF the Toled,
(O.) Bee, was cowhlded on the 1lth by
Mrs. Joseph FeaCk.
The talk is revived in Washington o
Mr.. Thomas +. Tutt, of ST. Louis, for Sec
retary OF the Treasury.
THE Indiana supreme Court. on the 18th
refused TO grant hearing of Smith in th'
Lieutenant-Governors contest
BEEcHER memorial services were helC
in various Brooklyn churches on the 11th
DR.. Charles +. Hall delivered the sermon
in Plymouth Church, which was literally
packed.
ARCHBISHOP Kirby, inety years OF age
10 TO be created a cardinal for ireland OF
March Il. There is much rel oicius in Ire
land thereat
SECRETARY WHITSET makes state
ment showing that the Government hal
done no clandestine work in procurinl
naval designs, having bought after ad
vertising.
A BODY Of ministers met at New Yorl
on the llth, with Rev. Mr.. Talmage a
their head, and passed resolutions ol
Henry Ward Beecher's death. as an offse
TO the orthodox ICtiou at Chicago
IvDIeNATIox over the alleged repreheu
sible course pursued by Mr. Randall j
the management Of the appropriation
bills in the Forty y-ninth Congress does no
seem 20 die out